Florida 6th Congressional District (FL) — Elections 1876–2024

Florida 6th Congressional District, Florida: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+28%. Democratic peak: D+79 in 1892.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+28MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population: 1,047,4782024 5-year
Median household income: $72,2662024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 71.2%2024 5-year
Black: 10.4%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 15.1%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+79 in 1892MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+50 in 1972MIT Election Lab

WALTZ, MichaelCongress 119 · Republican

−1 liberal

+1 conservative

Predecessors: FINE, Randy (2025–2027), DESANTIS, Ron (2017–2019), DESANTIS, Ron (2015–2017), DESANTIS, Ron (2013–2015)

Source · Voteview / Lewis, Poole, Rosenthal et al. (CC-BY).

2024 results by constituent county

6 counties · 0 D · 6 R

R+60

D+60

One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−28.2%	207,447	372,194	584,159
2020	R	−21.9%	213,832	335,091	553,949
2016	R	−22.6%	171,213	275,303	460,765
2012	R	−13.7%	176,375	232,938	413,208
2008	R	−7.5%	189,532	220,618	413,679
2004	R	−12.0%	157,867	201,366	362,071
2000	R	−4.4%	127,924	139,930	274,684
1996	D	+1.2%	105,128	102,191	235,303
1992	R	−1.6%	85,382	89,051	222,614
1988	R	−23.8%	65,070	106,093	172,579
1984	R	−30.5%	51,705	97,072	148,796
1980	R	−13.1%	52,647	69,348	127,076
1976	D	+9.3%	57,064	47,164	105,883
1972	R	−49.7%	21,184	63,264	84,741
1968	R	−7.5%	23,317	29,262	78,926
1964	D	+1.3%	34,982	34,055	69,037
1960	R	−8.2%	26,423	31,153	57,576
1956	R	−20.9%	18,686	28,532	47,218
1952	R	−17.0%	17,186	24,246	41,432
1948	D	+11.2%	12,060	9,065	26,850
1944	D	+32.6%	14,393	7,308	21,701
1940	D	+41.3%	16,936	7,028	23,964
1936	D	+41.8%	13,298	5,452	18,750
1932	D	+36.6%	11,252	5,225	16,478
1928	R	−21.1%	6,024	9,327	15,624
1924	D	+24.2%	4,088	2,339	7,231
1920	D	+20.4%	6,141	3,940	10,776
1916	D	+36.7%	3,463	1,435	5,521
1912	D	+56.1%	2,557	480	3,701
1908	D	+30.1%	2,507	1,200	4,344
1904	D	+46.4%	1,979	631	2,906
1900	D	+51.6%	1,592	447	2,217
1896	D	+35.5%	1,735	777	2,695
1892	D	+78.5%	1,820	0	2,318
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	R	−4.7%	2,743	3,012	5,755
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Congressional elections · 17 Senate races

U.S. Senate

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year	Won	D %	R %	Total
2024	R	42.8%	55.6%	10,757,428
2022	R	41.3%	57.7%	7,758,014
2018	R	49.9%	50.1%	8,190,005
2016	R	44.3%	52.0%	9,301,820
2012	D	55.2%	42.2%	8,189,946
2010	R	20.2%	48.9%	5,411,106
2006	D	60.3%	38.1%	4,793,534
2004	R	48.3%	49.4%	7,429,894
2000	D	51.0%	46.2%	5,856,731
1998	D	62.5%	37.5%	3,900,162
1994	R	29.5%	70.5%	4,106,816
1992	D	65.4%	34.6%	4,962,290
1988	R	49.6%	50.4%	4,068,209
1986	D	54.7%	45.3%	3,429,996
1982	D	61.7%	38.3%	2,653,419
1980	R	48.3%	51.7%	3,528,028
1976	D	63.0%	37.0%	2,857,534

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

English

12.4%

German

11.3%

Irish

10.9%

American

8.2%

Italian

6.5%

Polish

2.5%

French

1.9%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 47.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.2%

85+

1.7%

4.2%

75–84

4.7%

6.9%

65–74

7.9%

6.9%

55–64

7.6%

5.6%

45–54

5.9%

5.5%

35–44

5.7%

5.4%

25–34

5.4%

3.6%

18–24

3.4%

7.2%

5–17

6.9%

2.3%

2.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$72,266

Congressional District 6 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 6$72,266

Florida$74,568

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

12.0%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1816.4%

Working age (18–64)11.2%

Seniors (65+)9.5%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

85.2%

speak English only

Spanish10.4%

Other Indo-European2.9%

Asian & Pacific Islander1.1%

Other languages0.4%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

13.9%

Other Christian

12.2%

Baptist

5.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.7%

Methodist

2.4%

Mainline Protestant

2.2%

Non-Christian

0.8%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 59.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Florida's 6th district, anchored in the rural interior and northeastern counties, recorded an R+24.6 presidential margin in 2024—among the largest gaps in the state and reflecting the region's predominantly non-urban, older white electorate.

The shift began with civil rights. 2000 marked the realignment in Florida 6th Congressional District, by a four points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at fifty points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twenty-eight points.

The political shift has tracked, in Florida 6th Congressional District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 71% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $72,266, and a 12% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 6, Florida vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 6, Florida voted Republican by 28.2 points (R+28), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 584,159 votes cast, 207,447 went Democratic and 372,194 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 6, Florida's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 6, Florida as a "Old Confederacy" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 17 times, Republican 18 times, and other 0 times.

When did Congressional District 6, Florida last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 6, Florida voted Democratic was 1996.

How many people live in Congressional District 6, Florida?

Congressional District 6, Florida has a population of 1,047,478 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 6, Florida?

Median household income in Congressional District 6, Florida is $72,266 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.

What is the political history of Congressional District 6, Florida?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 6, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Florida 6th Congressional District voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 28 points.

Key facts

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